Definitions for regretful
rɪˈgrɛt fəlre·gret·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. regretful, sorry, badadjective

   feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

   "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. regretfuladjective

   Full of feelings of regret, indulging in regrets.

2. regretfuladjective

   Sorrowful about what has been lost or done.

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1. regretful

   Regretful describes a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over an action or occurrence that one wishes could have been different or avoided. It generally implies a sense of sorrow for mistakes made or opportunities missed in the past.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Regretfuladjective

   full of regret; indulging in regrets; repining

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of regretful in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of regretful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of regretful in a Sentence

1. Mitch McConnell:

   I regret the effort to repeal and immediately replace will not be successful, but that doesn’t mean we should give up, it’s regretful that our Democratic colleagues decided early on that they did not want to engage with us to help deliver that relief, but this does not have to be the end of the story.

2. Jussie Smollett:

   They feel regretful that they put their trust in the wrong person.

3. Cheryl Lee:

   The ones I’ve saw in the emergency department … they are very afraid that they may die and they are regretful because at that time you can’t get the vaccine.

4. Val Demings of Florida:

   We have no reason to believe that The President has learned anything, if The President had, perhaps The President would have began the State of the Union address the other night by apologizing to the American people. That what The President did was wrong and The President's regretful for it. We haven't heard that.

5. Flavio Caetano:

   It is regretful and weird that, on the eve of an impeachment vote, another blatant lie regarding Dilma's reelection campaign is highlighted by media.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=regretful
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Regretful
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regretful